the four. it's all the side of venezuela's longtime president is reelected for another six years after smashing his nearest rival in a close run poll. syrian government and rebels both claim success in escalating fighting and stir here again answers to cross border shelling to be fears of a nato led intervention. plus british national group sound the alarm over a massive new welfare cards that are said to hit the most vulnerable families hard .

it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program but as well as incoming leader this has defeated his young democratic rival in a tight political battle for the country's top job the poll saw a record turnout of over eighty percent evidence of just how crucial the poll was for the nation here's our correspondent in caracas losing confidence with all the details. the city is going wild this is just moments after the venezuelan electoral council announce that who go chavez will indeed remain the president for a third term he'll be leaving the country for another six years for the fireworks have been going off there's been people driving around in the streets people have gathered on the presidential palace to just celebrate this this victory for who go child is but we do have to keep in mind that this was an incredibly closely contended election the president had won by about fifty four percent of the a vote that means about a million vote difference with his opponent in the premiss it's been really fascinating to watch especially after coming from the west as the amount of

excitement and energy that we've seen on the streets here people have actually taken to the streets at about three am hours before the polls even opened to celebrate to line up while we were covering the actual voting process there were lines going literally around blocks for the for the election voting places people that really try to get there early to build up the momentum and try to get their candidate pushed forward as early as possible despite that polls have stayed open much later than expected it's been a really really closely contend of the election and for quite some time it was unclear who would emerge as the winner has been fairly calm right now but again because it's such a mostly a contested election it's quite possible that we will see tension in the coming weeks and months we have to keep in mind that the inauguration won't happen till january and that is going to there's a lot of potential for for the supporters who are discontented with with president chavez to take to the streets we certainly will see the country calming down any time soon and for a closer look at what president hugo chavez's victory actually means for

venezuelans and why there is such a massive popular support for the president with the following report running water electricity and a real home having spent most of her life in venezuela slums these are luxuries that anna silva could only dream of before going to when i got this apartment i just couldn't believe it i thought my eyes were deceiving me on. i'm thankful to this government for helping people like me she was able to move her family into this home thanks to a housing program established under president hugo chavez. it's one of the many projects that has earned him tremendous popular support among the poor but alienated him from other voters the latter have turned out in droves to vote for him to recreate them a wealthy businessman and a free market advocate who is pushing for more private enterprise and investment critics fear that he would bring an end to venezuela's twenty first century socialism so what we're looking here is an ongoing effort by the old venezuelan

ruling class to turn back the clock represents the represents an attempt to move. away from power their focus is attention on reducing inequality and reducing poverty. but whether chavez has addressed that in the best way remains a question dollars haven't helped bring down the prime rate one of the worst in the world while on employment and a stack leading economy has turned many away from el commandante to the corruption deficit we are some of the poorest people. childless has been accused of authoritarianism suppressing the courts and silencing critics in the press it for the long neglected residents of venezuela slums free services may just trump over freedom this is venezuela's body a part of the largest slum in all of latin america thousands of venezuelans who had no access to any sort of medical care that is until the social program to open

clinics like this one here as well as get access to doctors and medical services free medicine for free. this batata resident says it's a service that she couldn't live without but. here they help me along and this clinic has helped a lot of people and a lot of children here thank you chavis has done a lot for us those missions. just incredible. these are illegal settlements the shacks and buildings are poorly built and for decades infrastructure was virtually nonexistent most are sprawled across the steep hills surrounding caracas but the people living up in those longs are barrios there used to be no way to get down to the city to find work or go to school simply walking down those hills you think about an hour and how they used to be no public transportation until present to a good job is build these cable cars a little lifeline for venezuelans for life in the slums made them proved but the country still has a long way to go voters have grown frustrated with declining wages and scarce job

prospects and reversing these trends in the next six years won't be easy. are. venezuela while responding with captain of his posting all the latest news and photos for us on twitter so follow her feed there for the latest updates on that as wales presidential election. now conflicting reports from the front lines in syria claim both the rebels and the government have made a vance's in flashpoint battles across the country more than a hundred people have reportedly been killed in the past twenty four hours and this comes as turkey and syria are closer to war as ankara returns fire after being hit by another shell from across the rebel controlled border policy or has more. for the thoughtful straight day turkish artillery has fired into syria this coming just minutes after a mortar landed in turkish territory fired from syria we understand that at least eight mortars were fired from turkey into syria now according to the mayor of the

turkish border town where this shell landed he says that there was very little damage other than damage to a grain depôt but other than that had landed in an empty field and there were no reports of injuries it is the same border village way five members of the same family was killed back on wednesday that was two women and three children when a mortar fire from syria landed in and was eventually building at the same time we're hearing continuing words from the turkish prime minister that he will not allow these kind of events to go unprovoked he says that if pushed he will declare war and that has been quite a strong message from him now there is going concern that this instability and on the turkish syrian border will result in regional instability there's also concern by numerous critics who have put forward the argument that they believe that the shells that are being fired from the syrian side are being fired at liberty in each remember that those who want to area on the syrian side between syria and turkey is an area that is controlled by the rebels and as such it is possible that they're

firing these these rounds deliberately to provoke turkey to go to nato and call for a foreign intervention of course this is something that many people are increasingly concerned about the situation in syria after eighteen months of fighting is showing no lacing up there continues to be almost daily blasts in the capital city of damascus and they're particularly cost suicide bombings has become almost the norm the same situation is happening in aleppo the commercial hub of the country in the north and there we're hearing of continuous heavy fighting and also in recent days and in recent weeks we've witnessed a rise in gas suicide bombings there were also receiving a twitter feed from the share adnan out of daraa now he is. a sunni muslim preacher and the salafist media has become almost a symbol of the rebels fighting in syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to

play a mediating role they are expecting that the e.u. in nato envoy to syria could be in russia later this month and as such will be there for talks that russia is edging calm and saying that this kind of escalation in tensions along the take your syrian border is completely unacceptable in any kind of cross border operations are to be found upon. on our website right now of the libyan military continues to surround an opposition stronghold bani walid leaving residents calling for international rescue. plus the legal anniversary of march marking the one year of the world why don't my movement and scores of arrests are key dot com has the details. as it fights a deepening recession in the british government is looking for new ways to slash its spending london's now eyeing ten billion more pounds and welfare cuts amid already growing wave of discontent now reports it's the poorest families to find

themselves in the firing line. children every year is a death sentence this is save the children's usual campaign. africa but times have changed and for the first time in its ninety three year history the charity has launched a major fundraising campaign here in britain. as recession hits the u.k.'s poorest children the hard. situation is pretty bleak for children and families out there in our children having to go without what we consider some basic essentials for example when they're out achieving a war. these are pretty shocking statistics in the u.k. and twenty twelve and we believe that we really need to take action. for the first time the cupboard is almost bare for mother of three share and more it's

a daily struggle to provide the basics for her kids. she's not alone three and a half million children are living in poverty. and a quarter of their parents say they've gone without meals so their children can eat a child in poverty has to forgo the things other families take for granted eating healthily having a friend round for tea days out natalie mother to two year old noah puts all she can afford into the gas meter but it's still not enough to heat their home. just. charities calculate that the poorest ten percent of society i hate thirteen times harder by government cuts to services than the richest ten percent and

growing up in poverty puts a child under enormous emotional strain. education suffers even if it could screw that storing up trouble for the future you have the impact it was almost children but it's also a massive impact to society and to our economy so well you know we if we hope to rise then we all of us will have to pay the price in terms of actual spending on education spending on the n.h.s. . amerikana me will be weak because you know we'll be losing talent what's the point of slashing the welfare budget if we're going to be paying the price for the increased spending on n.h.s. in years to come. save the children hopes to help the worst hit families but this could be a long campaign the institute for fiscal studies says in the next ten years based on current government tax and benefit policies eight hundred thousand more children will be dragged into poverty eradicating all the gains that have been made in the

last ten years laura smith r.t. london. and still to come this hour here on our team a failed her fate and then tell us motorcade headed to pakistan's most troubled region is stopped short of its final destination and find out why in just a couple of minutes. and he speaks to experts who believe the u.s. is yet again trying to contain china after washington signs a new weapons agreement with south korea the story in detail and more is coming your way. looking at some talks you simply do not believe they come speak and goodness how they can wrong oh. it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as australia canada and the

u.s. i come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like alaska and so i felt at home the first blood joke was brought here from australia now a straight out come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail are amazing but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here atoll it wasn't the tough. grazing who set the trail ablaze but a nun and for all for those who brought their dia to life. five years ago about a bill to dog kennel in the village kids from the local open age came around to take care of the dogs and one day they state their life might seem extreme to some the boys wake up at six to feed the dogs before school in the evening they spend up

to three hours training their full legged friends but smother purse cable also encourages her kids to become depth hands on the computer and internet the boys who regularly update their websites and they're in touch with the busy mother twenty four seven on the phone itself. but children are the most important thing my only interests not play any rule any more and regardless of whether parsky has huskies window race or not she hopes the competition will take place in the village next year. but called these dogs and the children it really is not the winning but truly just the taking part that counts. cultures that so much of it is what you should be signature on the bottom line is the real levy and the strategy of the u.s. led mission in afghanistan is in a shambles green on blue attacks against coalition.

well good. science technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. warnings today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing operations around the day. welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow the pakistani military has blocked a thousand strong anti-u.s. motor convoy on its way towards a volatile tribal belt a motorcade led by cricket legend and opposition from then on was headed to south

waziristan a region most frequently targeted by u.s. drone strikes to stage a mass rally against american missiles convoy was joined by dozens of foreign peace activists robert naiman and alison of u.s. foreign policy it's part and today proto says washington's current stance borders on lawlessness. to be jodi had just about every expert in international law outside the united states will say that it leaves that there are at least some aspects of the current policy which are clear violations of international law the bureau of investigative journalism in the u.k. has counted somewhere between four hundred eight hundred civilian deaths since two thousand and four for the u.s. drone strike that's between fifteen and thirty percent the un special rapporteur tour on extrajudicial executions has said that you know if these reports are true about what the u.s. is doing there would constitute war crimes the pakistani parliament passed

unanimously a resolution demanding that these drone strikes stop and every pakistani official says that pakistan is against us we have nothing to do with this we're not supporting the doors the u.s. government must be called to account internationally and domestically and explain why they think their policy of legal under international law under u.s. law come clean about the issue of civilian casualties and their own the u.s. is going to go into this unilateral definition for its own purposes of what a civilian is of course there's no there's no permission in international law to do that. south korea will now be able to strike any part of its northern neighbor with ballistic missiles and the deal signed with the us allows seoul to expand the range of its weapons by more than twice the current limit of previous arms pacts with washington barred the south from deploying long range rockets leaving many targets in the qana state out of reach sol says the measures aimed at countering

a possible threat from north korea mean that allows also south korea to thought to operate drones with limited on a low but asia nationalist interview believes there is another reason behind the deal. balance of power in east asia. and americans favor as harper is saying north korea is a very weak in a sheet of real military terms. you have to seen just within the context of the american strategy to contain china this is part of a long discussion between a helping government and americans. suffering for a long time as wanted to expand the range and the so we must do and this is only this only covers the list itself not cruise missile they have long range cluelessness oz's can hit all of north korea this new range will take them into china and i think that's been the sticking point americans are now from calling

a pound against china south korea. you know trying to drive south korea and japan together into a china to lie it's against china and the people so the americans. are to live with it but part of a long term strategy to contain china. a california based firm has successfully launched its first supply flights to the international space station and the with a one point six billion dollars contract signed space x. is also working on changing its vessel into a space ship capable of carrying astronaut status when nasa space shuttle fleet was retired in two thousand and eleven or russia's progress and so use ships used to be the only way to reach us but as law in a way to secure world foundation explained what i would businesses there will be time to prove they can compete with state run organizations. in certain areas for example or via the basic transportation to and from the space station these days

commercial private companies can provide the competition but there are other areas you know long term exploration of the moon and mars and beyond where for the time being you're probably just still see a lot of state run companies space x. still has a long ways to go before it can prove that it can carry humans safely to and from the our sister station but in the long term you know over the next few years or longer it could prove to be some interesting competition based travel is not a cheap endeavor and as we've seen you know the world's going through some tough economic times i think for the time being you're going to see a renewed effort to try and get more use out of the in our suspicion through the rest of his life time and then i think you're probably going to see some international some cooperate of missions that look at what the next step is for how to get gas that will probably be back to the moon. and from space to the world of

business let's find out what's new in the financial world and what can you tell us . the fact that the russian markets open this hour i will get to them in a cycle most of you are opening up europe over the next hour but first let's start with asia where they're one that comes to the nikkei it's closed because it's a public holiday in japan but when it comes to china we're still seeing drops right now over a half a percent in the red and especially when we see a related firms are taking them lower and lower despite the fact that we saw in the u.s. jobs report more on that next hour now let's move on the russian markets and they just kicked off and they are in negative territory that's mainly due to the fact that oil prices are dropping now same with the markets i want to talk about oriented phones which received the most cash among the emerging nations last week emergency fund research says one hundred seventy million dollars were invested into the country and analysts explain that russia's undervalued stocks for growth

potential global monetary easing. a quick look at currencies when it comes to the year and it's still weakening against the u.s. dollar figures now for the russian ruble and that is losing that gets the currency basket this monday and now with the motion the central bank well they want to look at oil which can do that on its lights with us at eighty nine dollars per barrel as you can see there and there a drop in for a second day in a row and that's amid speculation that the. slowdown the economy there and also that the eurozone debt crisis is worsening and all about together will curb fuel demand now i want to talk about the russian central bank which is expected to see a free flow of currency by two thousand and fifteen and analysts say that the prospect of could attract foreign capital to the country well. the has all the details the financial world wide be on the brink of war a current war investors believed. the emerging market currencies may now see sharp

gains as we did so flows into the global economy from the world wide stimulus measures local central banks in their turn are starting to him to be in to stop the current says proposed train company instead the best is already selling the brazilian free all the czech cruel not and even the japanese young has the government's made it clear they will defend their money if prob overheating by comparison russia central bank is weakening control and pledges to move to a free float in the next three years that means the ruble may be one of the few emerging market currencies inviting speculative capital of the central bank will allow the ruble to be. free floating essentially largely free floating and. the ruble should fire and it's a collaboration value which we believe is stronger than where it's currently is

right now because of the factors associated with high oil prices because of the scale of capital outflows that we've seen previously that we're starting to see decelerate now however the effects of mueller printed money could be lower this time experts argue that central banks in emerging markets face a tough decision over whether to weaken their currencies to help struggling exporters and stimulate growth all allows them to train to offset the impact of rising food prices that's helping to call a business r.t. moscow and this is how business likes us our up next our team talks to billionaire and presidential elections hopeful find a stronger. and. if you're passing through rushes to their region you really can sign it. thousands

of kilometers of unspoiled countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the land and enterprising locals so the fruits of the forest by the side of nearly every road such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fisherman and provides a business opportunity for hunters you know he has been hunting for more than thirty years and works for a company providing expeditions for tourists this season ducks are on the menu. things are successful. at a silence which means that i need to be very quiet i'm not going to frighten the. office. but when you've been in the business as long as he has the birds don't stand much chance. there are defined hunting seasons in russia but lax enforcement means many animals are killed out of the allotted times which can leave young animals orphaned and unable to survive but environmentalists are fighting

back the heart of just us forest provides a sanctuary for the most famous beast in russia it's home to a group who rescue often bear cubs and raise them when they're old enough to fend for themselves the cubs a target taken to a remote location and released back into the wild but it's not just bears who find a haven here this is wolf island here wolf pups have been captured by hunters or bought from zoos have a second chance at life and conservationists have a unique opportunity to observe them these walls are all around four months old and they'll stay in this area for up to three years then most will go back to the wild for good just viewing them from the car was an experience in itself but then after a bit of a bumpy ride came an opportunity i just couldn't pass up. this is what i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to a place called wolf island

a chance to get close and personal with the locals and it's these guys are going to act as pasta parents but the next generation will come here using the old walls as surrogate parents has already proved a successful technique. every place infant wolves with one year old wolf cubs whose parental instinct is totally shaped and they take them as their own cubs it's an important part of the world's development and a major factor in the success of a project which has seen more than twenty generations of cubs grow up here it's going to continue to take time and money to rehabilitate the wolf's reputation in russia. but the keepers here hope their research and dedication that we silence remains a place where visitors can truly understand. of the wilds. i'm joined today by frank stronger the billionaire founder of the largest car park

manufacturer in north america he's now turned his hand to politics in his native austria and hopes to stand in the general election in that country next year mr straw thanks very much for talking to me nice to be here now tell us a little bit more about this political party that eva stablished refers to for my friend frank are you crazy to be i was eighty years eighty years old but never did less. than a child well the two i don't need anything from anyone i just wonder if i was born in austria so i have roots here and want to surf the austin people to bring a better system to the austin people get a better future we've been described as something of a euro skeptic it's not fair the problem we have in europe now is besides our own no we had let's say and i speak now for austria.